Blue Valentine (album)

This article is about the album. For the film, see Blue Valentine (film).
Blue Valentine
Studio album by Tom Waits
Released September 1978
Recorded July 24–August 26, 1978 at Filmways/Heider Recording in San Francisco, California
Genre Rock, blues, jazz
Length 49:09
Label Asylum
Producer Bones Howe
Tom Waits chronology

Foreign Affairs
(1977)		 Blue Valentine
(1978)		 Heartattack and Vine
(1980)
Singles from Blue Valentine
  1. "Somewhere"
    Released: August 1978
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Blue Valentine is the sixth studio album by American rock musician Tom Waits, released in September 1978 on Asylum Records. The album was recorded over the course of six sessions from July to August 1978 with producer Bones Howe.

The woman pictured with Waits on the back cover is Rickie Lee Jones, another singer/songwriter with whom he was having a relationship at the time. This album peaked on the Australian charts in late 1978 at #42.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted.

Side one

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Somewhere" (From West Side Story)Music: Leonard Bernstein; lyrics: Stephen Sondheim 3:53
2. "Red Shoes by the Drugstore"    3:14
3. "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis"    4:33
4. "Romeo Is Bleeding"    4:52
5. "$29.00"    8:15

Side two

No. Title Length
1. "Wrong Side of the Road"   5:14
2. "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard"   3:17
3. "Kentucky Avenue"   4:49
4. "A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun"   5:36
5. "Blue Valentines"   5:49

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Hoskyns, Barney (2010). Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits. Random House. p. 208. ISBN 0-7679-2709-5.